The northwest side of Catalina State Park is on fire tonight, with flames easily visible from Oracle Road. Likely affecting the 50 Year Trail area from my observation. From KVOA Tucson: A new wildfire is burning east of Oracle and Rancho Vistoso. Golder Ranch Fire officials say the Catalina Fire is ...

@wallyfrack That was such a great trip!

@chumley Thank you! I don’t know California geography very well.

@SpiderLegs Do you know if there is a website that has current closure info for Mount Whitney?

@sam_hikes
I saw that too last week. Maybe some sort of signal beacon for fire plane traffic?

I got turned around at Bush Highway just after 87 closed a couple
of weeks ago. That fire was already a monster!

@Grasshopper Thanks Hank! Looks like they used 626 as a fire line and saved the forest up there. Maybe all those control burns on Ord’s summit over the years paid off.

There’s a good bit of smoke coming up from the upper bowl between Table and Bighorn Mountains. There’s been a steady stream of aircraft dumping water and laying out retardant lines since late morning today. View from my front door:

There’s a steady light rain and occasional thunder on top of Pinal Peak right now.

@KBKB @SuperstitionGuy
Thank you!

Has anyone happened to notice recently what the water levels are like in Fish Creek Canyon? (near/upstream of the bridge on the Apache Trail, specifically) Dry, stagnant, or flowing? Hoping to do some swimming up there soon, if there is any water left. Thanks!

@Pivo
Stage 2 fire restrictions for Coronado are coming shortly...

I remember always hearing my friends refer to the Ellison Creek cascades area as "Cold Springs", back when I lived in Payson.

Thank you for the updates! Scary times for our sky islands right now.

I'm going to assume that the majority of the forest on the mountain will become a moonscape of blackened matchsticks, as most of the photos and reports coming out seem to show extensive tree torching and plumes. I really want to see more photos from up there, and some new infrared or progression map...

@RedRoxx44 I look forward to seeing your photos and hearing a report on your visit to Redstone and the Hummingbird Spring area. I'm hoping aspens are making a comeback up there.

@flagscott Very well then. Every forested mountain range I've cared about has had catastrophic fire damage in the last 20 years. Sure, this is all inevitable at this point, but I can't not care about these lands that are so much a part of who I am. My forests are dying and I'm devastated. This is m...

Yes, "flagscott", there is another story. Stories from local Glenwood residents I spoke with disagree with your forest service link's statement about initial suppression efforts being aggressive. Oral accounts that are not "documented". I'm not looking to get into a debate with you. But I will say t...

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This had better not go the way of the Juniper Fire, which did extensive damage to an already fire damaged Sierra Ancha. Save the forests from the Forest Service. Apache Leap is doomed and so may be my beloved Pinals due to prescribed fire in May (?!). I am livid, but my voice doesn't matter to fores...